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ALSO CALLED: Enterprise Project Management, IT Project Management DEFINITION: Project management is a methodical approach to planning and guiding project processes from start to finish. According to the Project Management Institute, the processes are guided through five stages: initiation, planning, executing, controlling, and closing. Project management can be applied to almost any type of project and is widely used to control the complex processes of software development projects. … Definition continues below.
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Ensuring a Successful Migration, Consolidation, or Restructuring with Dell sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: For almost any migration, consolidation, or restructuring project smart preparation and seamless execution ensures that you reap the benefits while mitigating the risks. Read this resource that presents the benefits and risks of migration, and discusses solutions that can help you simplify even the most complex projects. Posted: 29 Jan 2013 \| Published: 28 Dec 2010 TOPICS: IT Asset Management \| IT Management \| Project Management \| Project Management Software

Top 10 Project Management Trends for 2013 sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com ESSENTIAL GUIDE: A global panel of experts identify the top 10 trends in project management in 2013 Posted: 24 Jan 2013 \| Published: 24 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Agile Manufacturing \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| Leadership \| Project Management \| Project Management Software

Change Is Constant: PMBOK Guide® 5th Edition sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the additions and changes that have been made to the latest edition of The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK), allowing you to strategically plan for project management success. Read on to learn more. Posted: 15 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| Program Management \| Project Management \| Workforce Planning

Finance for IT decision makers: Making business cases sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com BOOK: This extract from Michael Blackstaff's book, Finance for IT decision makers, teaches you how to make effective business and financial cases for IT projects. Posted: 14 Jan 2013 \| Published: 14 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Benefits \| Budgeting \| Cash Flow \| CEOs \| CIOs \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Investments \| Project Management

Agile Primer sponsored by Rally Software WHITE PAPER: Uncover the mystery behind agile development by viewing this informative resource. It explains how agile can help large projects cut time to market by 50 percent and increase productivity by 25 percent. It helps promote disciplined project management among many other benefits. Posted: 21 Dec 2012 \| Published: 21 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Mobile Device Management \| Project Management \| Project Management Software

IT Project Management: Guide to estimating timescales and resources. sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com BOOK: Learn how to estimate the effort and timescales required for IT projects with this extract from Project management for IT-related projects. Posted: 13 Dec 2012 \| Published: 13 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Risk Management \| Systems Design and Development

OVUM Technology Audi: Rational Focal Point sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read what Ovum had to say about IBM's Rational Focal Point in this paper. here, you'll discover who Ovum determined would benefit the most from Focal Point, what applications integrate best with it, and who Focal Point to be less well-suited for. Posted: 28 Aug 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Portfolio Management (Finance) \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software \| Software Implementation \| Software Installation \| Software Project Management \| Software Upgrades

Project Scoring & Prioritization for Maximum Results sponsored by Innotas EBOOK: This e-book highlights the importance and benefits of scoring and prioritizing all IT projects as they enter the IT pipeline. Additionally, the e-book presents a three-step framework for approaching scoring and prioritization and a use case for a scoring model. Posted: 16 Jul 2012 \| Published: 29 Feb 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| IT Governance \| IT Management \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management

Genius Project Version 7.0 sponsored by Genius Inside TRIAL SOFTWARE: Download your free, 15-day trial of Genius Project and discover the benefits of a system designed to eradicate common project portfolio management (PPM) challenges such as a lack of visibility and poor collaboration. Realize the advantages of a system consolidates all project information and provides you with complete 360-degree visibility. Posted: 12 Jun 2012 \| Premiered: 01 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

Genius Project for Domino - PPM Software for Lotus Notes sponsored by Genius Inside TRIAL SOFTWARE: Try out a free trial of the leading Project Portfolio and Project Management software for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino. Discover how this software can easily integrate with your platform and consolidate all of your project information to simplify and promote increased collaboration. Posted: 12 Jun 2012 \| Premiered: 12 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Domino \| Lotus Notes \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software as a Service

The Top 10 Reasons all IT Professionals Should Learn Project Management sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Discover 10 ways that mastering project management can help your career and enhance your skillset. Learn what project management is and how you can leverage it in your organization. Posted: 07 Jun 2012 \| Published: 07 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Careers \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Workforce \| Management Training \| Project Management \| Training

Connecting PPM and Software Delivery - Efficiently deliver strategic, high-value, low-risk software projects sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn why value-driven project portfolio management (PPM) is so important for delivering successful software and find best practices for ensuring that the projects you launch support the strategic objectives of your business. Posted: 23 May 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Portfolio Management \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Development Tools \| Software Project Management

The Global State of the PMO 2012 sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com IT BRIEFING: This 2012 benchmarking survey from ESI assesses the role of the Project/Programme Management Office (PMO), its development to full-blown maturity and value to the business. Posted: 17 May 2012 \| Published: 17 May 2012 TOPICS: Benchmark Testing \| Budgeting \| Collaboration \| Program Management \| Project Management \| ROI \| Training

What a Project Manager Needs to Know About Business Process Analysis sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: How is Business Process Analysis (BPA) relevant to Project Managers (PM)? Discover what PMs need to understand about BPA to best leverage the knowledge that it provides. Find out how BPA recommendations can improve existing projects and help propose new projects. Posted: 11 Apr 2012 \| Published: 11 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Data Analytics \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Project Management

Transforming IT at HM Revenue & Customs sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com PRESENTATION: HMRC CIO, Phil Pavitt, gives the key facts around HM Revenue and Customs’ IT change programme in this PowerPoint presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Posted: 02 Apr 2012 \| Published: 28 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Benchmark Testing \| Budgeting \| CIOs \| Contract Management \| Data Warehouses \| Desktop Management \| ERP \| Government Agencies (non-U.S.) \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| Project Management \| Tax Preparation Software \| Vendor Selection \| Videoconferencing Services

The Benefits of Cloud Storage Services sponsored by HP and Intel EGUIDE: For solution providers, the last few years have proved that cloud-based storage solutions are the route to go for your customers. This eGuide breaks down the different types of cloud applications and provides the benefits and solutions to the right service fit for your channel business. Posted: 27 Dec 2012 \| Published: 11 May 2011 TOPICS: Application Hosting \| Application Performance Management \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Storage \| Managed Security Services Providers \| Project Management \| Project Management Software

Essential Guide: Project and Portfolio Management: Analyzing Business Project Needs sponsored by Rally Software WHITE PAPER: View this informative resource to learn more about proper sequencing, marketing a software project and how you can keep everything under control with the right tools. It provides a step-by-step process on managing customer driven software development as well as other important steps. Posted: 20 Dec 2012 \| Published: 20 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Customer Service \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

Customer Experience for Commerce: Oracle Commerce Solutions sponsored by DocuSign, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This exclusive resource explores the factors influencing the changing commerce landscape, including the impact mobility and social networking are having on the customer experience, and outlines technology tools from Oracle designed to help you optimize your customer experience management strategies. Posted: 14 Sep 2012 \| Published: 12 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Collaboration \| Customer Data Management \| Data Analytics \| Data Mining \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

Virtual and Superior: How to Build Teams that Get Things Done sponsored by Citrix WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights tips and best practices for CIOs looking for more effective ways to cut risk and create value in virtual environments through better teamwork. Posted: 12 Sep 2012 \| Published: 12 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Managers \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

Presenting the Upsides and Downsides of Server Virtualization to Management sponsored by Dell AppAssure Backup, Replication and Recovery Software EBOOK: Convincing top management of the benefits of server virtualization is crucial to the success of your virtualization project. This expert e-guide breaks down the pros and cons of server virtualization, and offers advice for how to make the best business case. Posted: 25 Jul 2012 \| Published: 25 Jul 2012 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Project Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization

The Business Case for Project Portfolio Management sponsored by Innotas WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to uncover how cloud-based portfolio project management (PPM) strategies are changing the way CIOs and IT teams are viewed by the business. Gain insight into PPM best practices and real world of examples of how PPM keeps you on time, budget, quota, and target. Posted: 04 Jun 2012 \| Published: 01 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management

Expanding the boundaries of ALM sponsored by IBM EGUIDE: This expert e-guide outlines the evolution of application lifecycle management (ALM) and explains the limitless possibilities of this growing process. Read this now and discover advice for successful ALM implementations, including what it can and can't do for your business, as well as common pitfalls to avoid and how to overcome them. Posted: 31 May 2012 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Life-Cycle Management Software \| Application Monitoring \| Application Performance Management \| Application Portfolio Management \| Data Management \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Testing

BTS Consultant Thought Leadership Paper: Business Case for Value Realization Business Case for Value Realization During Implementation sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Find out more about value management and building value realization practices into every IT project. Discover how using value realization best practices during the lifecycle of your implementation can help you achieve greater value from your IT investments. Learn about the value of ASAP methodology and SAP offerings. Posted: 17 May 2012 \| Published: 31 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development \| IT Consulting Services \| IT Governance \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Implementation

Devising a test automation strategy: Getting started sponsored by Micro Focus EGUIDE: Many organizations are aware of how much easier the testing process would be if they had a testing automation strategy. Yet many are unsure of the best practices for developing a successful plan. This exclusive resource features insight on developing a successful test automation strategy from Agile testing expert, Lisa Crispin. Posted: 02 May 2012 \| Published: 02 May 2012 TOPICS: Project Management \| Software Development Tools \| Software Testing \| Testing

Building a Tangible ROI for Data Quality sponsored by Harte-Hanks Trillium Software WHITE PAPER: This white paper covers common issues and recommendations on building a business case for data quality initiatives. Posted: 13 Mar 2012 \| Published: 13 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Profiling \| Data Quality \| Metrics \| Project Management \| ROI

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): … The systems development life cycle (SDLC) is one example of a methodology for guiding the project management process from an initial feasibility study through maintenance of the completed application. Various SDLC approaches include the waterfall model, which was the original SDLC method; rapid application development (RAD); joint application development (JAD); the fountain model; the spiral model; build and fix; and synchronize-and-stabilize. A number of charting methods, such as the Gantt chart and PERT chart have been developed as tools to create a graphic representation of a project plan and …
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